"Over a quarter-million players were above ground scavenging for loot or hanging out in Speranza at the same time together in Arc Raiders yesterday. That eye-popping number set a new Steam record for concurrent players in the extraction-shooter genre--with PvP features. Spotted by Eurogamer, Arc Raiders peaked with 264,673 players on Valve's platform for the game's launch on October 30, per SteamDB."
"However, there are a couple of caveats to consider. For starters, Arc Raiders broke the Steam record when including PvP extraction shooters, but it's arguably not a requirement to fit in the genre. Without PvP, Helldivers 2 holds the top spot for the genre, according to SteamDB, and even saw a huge resurgence in player counts when the game came to Xbox Series X|S in August."
Arc Raiders launched on October 30 and peaked at 264,673 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB. The peak established a Steam record for extraction shooters that include PvP features and caused some server problems. Excluding PvP titles, Helldivers 2 remains the top extraction shooter on Steam. Escape From Duckov previously peaked at just over 300,000 concurrent players and briefly outpaced Battlefield 6. Escape From Tarkov will arrive on Steam on November 15 as part of its 1.0 release, and existing owners must repurchase to play on Steam. Arc Raiders is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with cross-play and cross-save, so total concurrent players exceed Steam figures.
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